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Mahjong

1996 · 121 min

A wry, meandering urban comedy-drama where hustlers and outsiders drift through a changing city, mixing dry humor with melancholy.

Directed by
Edward Yang
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
Starring
Lawrence Ko, Chang Chen, Tang Tsung-sheng
Overview
Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.

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Directed by
Edward Yang
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
Starring
Lawrence Ko, Chang Chen, Tang Tsung-sheng
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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121 min
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Languages
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